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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Hsing-yeh Parker, Woodinville, WA (US);
John C. Tabone, Bothell, WA (US);
John Mulligan, Seattle, WA (US);
Hsing-Yeh Parker, Woodinville, WA (US);
John C. Tabone, Bothell, WA (US);
John Mulligan, Seattle, WA (US);
OligoCo, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include processing steps and subsystems, within automated-biopolymer-synthesis systems and within other automated systems for organic-chemistry-based processing, for removing reagent solutions and solvents from reaction chambers following various synthetic reaction steps and washing steps undertaken during biopolymer synthesis. Embodiments of the present invention employ any of various different types of liquid-absorbing materials to wick, or remove by capillary action, liquids from reaction chambers. Wicking-based methods and subcomponents of the present invention remove significantly greater fractions of solutions from reaction chambers than conventional methods and subsystems and, in addition, are mechanically simpler and produce fewer deleterious side effects than currently used methods and subsystems.